A memorial service for Dollie Laura Bennett Goodling, 83, of Ruston, will be held Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 3pm at Grace United Methodist Church located at 3401 North Trenton Street, Ruston, LA. A short visitation with the family will begin at 2pm in the Grace Fellowship Hall. Dollie was born August 1, 1927, in Winnsboro, Louisiana to Bessie and Murry Bennett and passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 after a brief illness.

Funeral services for Mr. Cecil Alton Hood, age 80 of Ruston, will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Cook Baptist Church in Ruston with Dr. Mike Holloway officiating. Burial will follow in Pines Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Ruston under the direction of Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Ruston. Mr. Hood was born November 1, 1930 in Corinth, Louisiana to Eddie and Dora Stephenson Hood. He died February 9, 2011 in Ruston. Mr. Hood retired from the Chevron company after 35 years of service.

Funeral services for Lillian Irene Deville, 85, of Ruston, LA will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, February 11, 2011 at Grace United Methodist Church in Ruston with the Reverend Hulen Warren officiating the service. Visitation will begin at 1:00 PM until service time at the church. Interment will follow in the Monroe Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, LA under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston. Mrs. Deville was born May 8, 1925 in Bonita, Louisiana and died on February 9, 2011 in Ruston. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. Mrs.

Dr. Dale Owen Anderson, 58, passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. Born August 1, 1952 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, he was the son of Fern Thacker Anderson and Robert Benjamin Anderson. He married Colleen Watts on December 20, 1975, in the Provo, Utah LDS Temple. They have seven children: Jeff, Heather, Brooke, Kristin, Robert, Lauren, and Becca. After completing his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University in 1984, Dale started teaching at Louisiana Tech University. He taught in the Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Memorial services for James Ray Potts, age 60, of Grambling will be held Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at China Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 699 Mondy Road, Grambling, LA 71245. Officiating Garnet Wagner. He is preceded in death by father (Robert L. Potts), mother (Lorine Ferguson Potts), and a brother (Robert E. Potts), and survived by his daughters Melanie Potts (Houston, Tx) and Jamica Potts Arceneaux (Grambling, La) and grandchildren, and niece Tracy Potts Bridges and host of cousins and friends.

The Lincoln Area Agency on Aging will hold a special annual meeting Friday, March 4, 2011 at 11:00am. For more information contact Michelle Wright at (318)255-5070. Area Plan, Service Procurement will be discussed along with election of board members and other business of the Agency.
1td:February 10, 2011